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Imagine leaving your comfortable life in middle England for a land of glorious hot summers, romantic scenery and exquisite cuisine, to live off the fruits of your own labour on a vineyard in south-west France. If it sounds too idyllic to be true, it...

Asserts how Black artists and activists developed a disability consciousness in response to racialized disabling experiences in the early to mid-twentieth centuryBlack Crip Modern uncovers how early twentieth-century Black writers, artists, and activists...

For decades, trans studies and queer theory have treated the trans body as a theoretical construct - a site for identity, dysphoria, and gender politics - leaving erotic realities largely unexamined. Desire, pleasure, and real sex has been pushed to the...

Monty the Null Hippopotamus: Exploring Statistical Foundations Through Simulation offers a revolutionary approach to introductory statistics for students who grew up in the computing age. Breaking away from the traditional formula-memorization approach...

Crocus sativus L. (family-Iridaceae) or Saffron is often called "Red Gold or Gold Condiment" due it's appealing flavour, aroma and its high value. This volume provides a comprehensive overview on saffron cultivation and ecology, genetics and...

How did China transform from technological copycat to global innovator? The Imitation Paradox challenges Western narratives of "theft" and "imitation," and reframes imitation as a creative force in China's technological rise. Drawing on 40 years of...

Historically, the psychology of ignorance has been under-explored, despite being a topic of great importance to anyone wishing to understand human behaviour. In this volume, Smithson develops foundations for a psychology of ignorance by providing an...

Completely revised and updated throughout, this new edition of Improving Animal Welfare: A Practical Approach continues to provide an accessible and comprehensive guide to improving the lives of production animals. It particularly considers advances in...

?Sovereignty, Catastrophe, Indigeneity examines Indian rule in occupied Jammu and Kashmir through the lens of settler-colonial geopolitics. Engaging with settler-colonial, decolonial and Indigenous studies, the book traces how European sovereignty was...

Failing to navigate ESG impact and meet its challenges by adopting appropriate sustainable strategies not only carries significant legal and financial risk but also misses the huge opportunities for competitive advantage that arise from responsible...

Flourishing Together: Karl Marx's Vision of the Good Society provides a novel interpretation of Marx's vision of the good society that sees self-realization in work as a vital component of human flourishing. The core idea is that people realize...

This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International licence. It is free to read on the Oxford Academic platform and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations. There is no doubt...

Aristotelian Naturalism is an ethics on which moral goodness is a species of natural goodness-the kind of goodness we find on display creatures whose habits and activities enable them to thrive. What it takes for humans to be good is to have habits and...

This book discusses a new theoretical understanding of gender-based discrimination. It introduces the concept of quietism- a form of discrimination that occurs in the workplace using gendered norms and values. Drawing on a sample of twenty-five Black...

Exploring where animality meets digital media in the shadow of climate crisisDigital Animalities is a groundbreaking investigation into the entanglements of animal life, media infrastructures, and digital technologies in a time of environmental precarity...

Widely recognized as the standard text for trainee psychiatrists, the Shorter Oxford Textbook of Psychiatry, Eighth Edition stands head and shoulders above the competition. The text has been honed over eight editions, displaying a fluency, authority, and...

Mistakes happen — even in the most meticulous legal practices. What matters is how you respond. This ground breaking guide fills a critical gap in the risk and compliance space by focusing on what to do after an error occurs. Practical, reassuring, and...

Completely updated and revised, the 32nd edition of this best-selling reference delivers the latest evidence-based recommendations for the treatment of infectious diseases in children. Each disease is accompanied by expert commentary, helping clinicians...

Get the review and practice you need to master the role of today's nurse! With chapters corresponding to the chapters in Yoost's Fundamentals of Nursing, 4th Edition, this study guide provides a variety of exercises and activities to reinforce your...

This book explores the intersection of artificial intelligence and cybersecurity, focusing on advanced computational methods for identifying and responding to cyber threats in information systems. It examines how machine learning, deep learning, and...

This book is your fast-track pocket guide to mastering SQL, designed for absolute beginners. This step-by-step book covers everything from basic queries to advanced optimization techniques, ensuring you learn to write SQL correctly. You'll explore...

In controlled human infection (CHI) research, researchers intentionally expose people to pathogens to gain scientific insights. During the COVID-19 pandemic, proposals to use CHI research to speed up vaccine development captured public imagination and...

Asserts how Black artists and activists developed a disability consciousness in response to racialized disabling experiences in the early to mid-twentieth centuryBlack Crip Modern uncovers how early twentieth-century Black writers, artists, and activists...

This book provides the necessary foundational knowledge in the increasingly critical field of software project management. It follows the curriculum of the ASQF (R) Certified Professional for Project Management (CPPM) certification scheme. It is,...

During the Jim Crow era, Black activists appealed to a diverse population of migrating Black Americans by making them viscerally feel that the threat of anti-Black violence continued to afflict them as a group and to undergird blackness itself. To this...

"[The] written style is admirably clear, conversational and free from jargon ... It will be of immense interest to anybody with a general interest in UK law, politics and history." Times Higher EducationThis engaging, authoritative text has, since its...

"[The] written style is admirably clear, conversational and free from jargon ... It will be of immense interest to anybody with a general interest in UK law, politics and history." Times Higher EducationThis engaging, authoritative text has, since its...

In this insightful guide, experienced patent attorney Michael A. Sanzo demystifies the patent process in the US, from invention conception through to product commercialization. Using practical examples, Sanzo sets out clearly and effectively how patents...

From the Renaissance Wunderkammern to today's CAD/CAM digital studiolo, this book traces the enduring presence of wonder as a lens for exploring the contemporary landscape of technosciences. The Cabinets of Curiosities of the past resurface as guiding...

This book is the first comprehensive treatment of the history and impact of Chatham House, also known as the Royal Institute of International Affairs, which was founded in 1920 and has been based in St. James's Square, central London, since 1923. Chatham...

Surplus lives under racial capitalism theorises the link between political economy, anti-Roma racism and modern forms of white supremacy in East Central Europe. The book shows how the introduction of capitalism in the 1990s overlapped with the rise of...

Silent war reveals how silence functions as a crucial but often overlooked force in enabling and sustaining military violence. While war propaganda and discursive justifications have received significant attention, this book argues that military...

What do you do when there is no right answer? Often working in mental health, disability, broader health and social care fields, professionals are required to make complex decisions, where right course of action is not very clear. There are moments when...

Pediatric Collections offers what you need to know - original, focused research in a snapshot approach. New Pediatric Board Domains in Review Book Pediatric Collections: Mental and Behavioral Health/Child Abuse and Neglect provides a collection of...

Bridge the gap between foundational principles and the latest innovations in implantology with Essentials and Innovations in Implant Prosthodontics! Serving as an invaluable resource in navigating the complexities of modern implant dentistry, this book...

This open access book assembles cutting-edge research in media and communication exploring AI infrastructures and sustainability. It builds upon and expands perspectives on media infrastructure, addressing critical issues such as environmental impacts,...

Articles in this volume are based on talks given at the International Conference on Linear Algebra and its Applications (ICLAA 2023), which took place in Manipal, India. It contains fifteen articles by mathematicians working in linear algebra and related...

The theory of computation is often viewed as one of the most abstract areas of computer science, mostly reserved for university courses. Yet its ideas power much of modern software: from regular expressions and compilers to animation systems and game AI...

This collection prints and analyzes the 12 formal presidential farewell addresses in U.S. history, situating them within the context of biblical, classical, and other literary antecedents. Presidents have numerous attempts to say hello, not simply when...

Author, curator and podcaster Bruno Giussani was the European director and global curator of the TED conferences for two decades (2005-24). In Our Minds Under Siege, the specialist of digital culture writes about the "technologies of influence" and their...